How many times have you been in love?

[CatsandBeer]

As in, head over heels, I'd do anything for you, type love?

For me, only once, and I'm worried I won't ever find it again! Change my mind!

Twice

my first love who is the only person I felt 100% comfortable with and could be myself.

and the second time was in my late 30s.

I’ve dated a lot in the past 30 years but only those two breakups broke me. And have had lasting effects on me 30 and 13 years later.

I am 60. I have loved four men. Three of them loved me back, one of those still does. I feel very lucky, despite the heartbreak caused by the one who didn't love me back.

Four.
And every one of them let me down and broke my heart.

Three of the four apologised years later and admitted they were a prick to me. Yes you were.

I think the trouble with this question is we never know what other people mean by it. My bestie says she's been in love millions of times! I'm not sure if I have even once, but then I just don't know what people mean by "being in love"

I've loved five men in total, but only two of them were head over heels kind of love.

Once. Miss him more than words can say.

Two. There was the potential with others but I didn’t pursue it.

The second time blew the first out of the water so maybe I should only count the second time. It is way stronger.

Never. I love and feel loved by my husband but it's not an all-consuming, feverish type thing where I can't get enough of him; it is and always has been a steady, warm, cosy constant that's there in the background.

Once. I met him aged 20. Together for 9 years. Split. Met again aged 48. Together for 6 years. He died 2 years ago. I still can't quite believe he's gone.

Twice.

first love met at school, turned out to be very abusive.
felt very much how you described but that was part of the problem.

second. true love 22 years together.

I wouldn’t describe it like your opening post though, it’s deeper but not as out of control as what you describe so a much healthier equal shared caring than head over heels can’t think straight

Once. I will always miss him.

Twice. Both to people who loved me as much as they could.

3

Once. Have thought I was before but my marriage to Dh has shown me that I wasn't.

Three times. Once an intense infatuation at school (nothing ever happened). Once with my university boyfriend and then with DH.

Ah! If we are counting an intense infatuation at school it’s twice for me!

Once, with DH. I thought I'd been in love before but was severely mistaken when I fell in love with DH, and realised exactly what it felt like. And how it felt to actually be loved so much in turn!

Twice. First time the feelings were not reciprocated.

Second time it came to a messy end when he announced shortly before our wedding, that he really didn't want children.

I'm not going there again. Too painful.

4 - in different ways but all very special at the time. 1 at 18 for a couple of years, my first love. The next 2 almost broke me, and then DH

Five, each time slightly more than the one before, which gives me hope as I’m late 40s and single.

I have THOUGHT I have been in love 4 times. It is only now that I have met my DH that I really know what it is to be in love.

4 (so far😂)

Only once met my husband when I was 18and we fell in love and we're still together and still in love 28 years later.

I'd had a couple of boyfriends before and been infatuated with then, I maybe even thought it was love but it wasn't. What I felt for DH was on another level and far deeper. I feel very lucky I met him and that we are still happy all these years later.

Never in the way you describe.

Four. My first love and I believed we would be together forever, but university etc got in the way. Break up was very painful, I believe for both of us.
Number 4 has been my DH for many years.
I am another who believes there is not just ‘one’. I think I am quite good at finding love.